Qingling Motors
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Qingling Motors (Group) Co., Ltd. (Qingling Group) is a leading enterprise in China's automotive sector. Formerly Chongqing Automobile Manufacturing Plant, it became Chongqing’s first international joint venture in 1985 through cooperation with Japan’s Isuzu, establishing Qingling Motors Co., Ltd. In 1994, it became the first Chinese automotive enterprise listed in Hong Kong, and issued convertible bonds there in 1997. In 2005, Isuzu expanded its shareholding in Qingling Motors, ushering in a phase of joint operations. In 2020, Qingling partnered with Germany’s Bosch to establish a hydrogen power systems joint venture in Chongqing, marking a forward-looking move into the hydrogen-powered commercial vehicle sector.
Today, Qingling Group comprises 13 subsidiaries, including Qingling Motors Co., Ltd. (a Sino-Japanese joint venture listed in Hong Kong), a Sino-German hydrogen power systems company, 10 additional Sino-foreign joint ventures, and one wholly state-owned enterprise. With total assets of RMB 15.4 billion and net assets of RMB 11.5 billion, Qingling produces a full range of Isuzu commercial trucks built to internationally advanced standards, its own brand of traditional fuel and new energy trucks, Isuzu engines across six series ranging from 100–520 horsepower, and Bosch hydrogen fuel cell engines.
Actively Implementing "33618"
Launching New Energy Light Trucks
At the 7th Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade in May 2025, Qingling, in collaboration with CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd.) and its subsidiary Xin’an Technology Co., Ltd., launched a new milestone product – the Lingkun new energy light truck. Featuring six breakthrough technologies, it redefines the value benchmark for new energy commercial vehicles, once again giving Qingling a first-mover advantage in the latest wave of technological innovation.
As Qingling Motors' latest outcome in promoting the integration of the "four chains", the Lingkun light truck incorporates six key breakthroughs:
?Ultra-low drag: A streamlined cab design achieves a drag coefficient of 0.33, more than 26% lower than competing models.
?High-efficiency power: Equipped with a flat-wire oil-cooled motor delivering a power density of 7.1 kW/kg, reducing energy consumption by 20%.
?Intelligent control: A 7-in-1 domain controller enhances energy and thermal management efficiency as well as insulation performance.
?Scenario flexibility: A maximum range of 500 km allows intercity highway transport across key urban clusters (Chengdu–Chongqing, Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta) and operation across a wide temperature band (-30°C to 60°C), overcoming climatic limitations.
?Ultra-fast charging: 60% recharge in just 15 minutes, doubling charging efficiency.
?Maximised space: A new high-roof sleeper layout offers the industry’s largest stand-up cabin space.
Based on this platform, Qingling plans to launch a full range of Lingkun products for diverse application scenarios including e-commerce express, supermarket delivery, less-than-truckload freight, cold chain logistics, fresh produce transport, and special-purpose operations.
At the fair, Qingling Group and CATL signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will remain strategically aligned, support one another, and jointly deepen cooperation in product development, technology integration, and business model innovation. By leveraging complementary strengths, they will pioneer advanced technologies and mutually empower each other in pursuing zero-carbon strategies.
The partnership will also enhance joint branding, marketing, and overseas expansion, boosting their competitiveness in both domestic and international markets. This agreement marks a new era for China’s new energy commercial vehicle industry—an era of "technological symbiosis" and "ecological co-creation"—and represents a new high point in Qingling’s strategy of deepening the "three-enterprise" synergy model.
Qingling Group also signed a green logistics ecosystem cooperation agreement with Chongqing Public Transport Group, Chongqing Airport Group, Chongqing Pharmaceutical Heping Logistics, Tianyou Dairy, and Shenzhen Dishangtie. Looking ahead, Qingling will maintain a user-centric approach while expanding application scenarios for intelligent connected new energy commercial vehicles. It will work to build an integrated green, efficient and intelligent logistics ecosystem—encompassing vehicles, power systems, charging infrastructure and cloud platforms—and continue driving forward the transformation under the "new four modernisations" strategy.